About Main Street

About Dandridge

Jefferson County

DANDRIDGE COMMUNITY TRUST

The Dandridge Community Trust, Corporation (DCT) manages Dandridge's Main Street Program. The DCT was founded in 2005, as an IRS Section 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization, to apply for certification of the Town of Dandridge, and its National Register Historic District, as a Main Street Community.  This program is governed and promoted by the National Preservation Trust in Washington D.C. and Tennessee Main Street, a department of the Tennessee Economic & Community Development division under Commissioner Matthew Kisber in Nashville.

The Main Street status is certified by the Tennessee Department of Economic Development and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

Main Street Dandridge receives certification award at Governor's Conference held in September 2011.  Pictured from left are: Kimberly Nyberg (Director, TN Main Street), Daryle Keck (First Peoples Bank), Cori Cain (Jeff County Chamber), Bill Hagerty (Commissioner, TN ECD), Governor Bill Haslam, Max Fultz (Bush Brothers & Company and Board Member, Main Street Dandridge), Brad Maul (Jeff County Chamber), Kathy LaPlante (Program Officer, National Trust Main Street). Back row from left are: Don Cason (Jeff County Chamber), John McClellan (First Peoples Bank), State Senator Mike Faulk.

The Dandridge Community Trust is operated locally and is a volunteer organization whose mission is to encourage and preserve a sound economic base that meets the needs of both citizens and business and builds long-term economic success for the Dandridge community.  This includes:

v Preserving and leveraging the historic architectural and cultural   

       heritage of the town center;

v Maintaining the quality of community life; 

v Building strong alliances and a high level of cooperation among all

       groups with a stake in the future of the community, including 

       residents;  the business community;  property owners;  town,  

       county, regional and state government;  civic and church groups

       and schools.